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Quran Maqasid

شَيْطان

شيطان in the Quran

Meaning: the Shaitaan

شيطان occurs 88 times in 78 verses across 36 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.

Occurrences
88
Verses
78
Surahs
36

شَيْطان

Proper noun · 80 times

Meaning: the Shaitaan · Also translated as: the devils

Forms in the Quran

  • ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ ×63
  • ٱلشَّيَٰطِينُ ×13
  • وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ ×2
  • لِلشَّيْطَٰنِ ×1
  • لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِ ×1

شَيْطان

Noun · 8 times

Meaning: their evil ones · Also translated as: Shaitaan, devils

Forms in the Quran

  • شَيْطَٰنٍ ×4
  • شَيْطَٰنًا ×2
  • شَيَٰطِينِهِمْ ×1
  • شَيَٰطِينَ ×1

Its root in the classical dictionaries

الشيطان النون فيه أصلية ، وهو من: شطن أي: تباعد، ومنه: بئر شطون، وشطنت الدار، وغربة شطون، وقيل: بل النون فيه زائدة، من:

المفردات في غريب القرآن — الراغب الأصفهاني

قوله تعالى: ﴿فاستعذ بالله من الشيطان﴾ [النحل: 98] الصحيح أنه مشتق من شطن يشطن: إذا بعد. ومنه قول النابغة: [من الخفيف]

عمدة الحفاظ في تفسير أشرف الألفاظ — السمين الحلبي
The full entries on the root ش ط ن

Verses with شيطان

Verses 1–20 of 78

  1. Each word opens its meaning.

    When they meet those who believe, They say: "We believe;" But when they are alone With their evil ones, They say: "We are really with you: We (were) only jesting."

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:14
  2. Each word opens its meaning.

    Then did Satan make them slip From the (Garden), and get them out Of the state (of felicity) in which They had been. We said: "Get ye down, all (ye people), With enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place And your means of livelihood— For a time."

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:36
  3. Each word opens its meaning.

    They followed what the evil ones Gave out (falsely) Against the power Of Solomon: the blasphemers Were, not Solomon, but The evil ones, teaching men Magic, and such things As came down at Babylon To the angels Hārūt and Mārūt. But neither of these taught anyone (Such things) without saying: "We are only for trial; So do not blaspheme." They learned from them The means to sow discord Between man and wife. But they could not thus Harm anyone except By God's permission. And they learned what harmed them, Not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers Of (magic) would have No share in the happiness Of the Hereafter. And vile Was the price for which They did sell their souls, If they but knew!

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:102
  4. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye people! Eat of what is on earth, Lawful and good; And do not follow The footsteps of the Evil One, For he is to you An avowed enemy.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:168
  5. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Enter into Islam Whole-heartedly; And follow not The footsteps Of the Evil One; For he is to you An avowed enemy.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:208
  6. Each word opens its meaning.

    The Evil One threatens You with poverty And bids you to conduct Unseemly. God promiseth You His forgiveness And bounties. And God careth for all And He knoweth all things.

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:268
  7. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who devour usury Will not stand except As stands one whom The Evil One by his touch Hath driven to madness. That is because they say: "Trade is like usury," But God hath permitted trade And forbidden usury. Those who after receiving Direction from their Lord, Desist, shall be pardoned For the past; their case Is for God (to judge); But those who repeat (The offence) are Companions Of the Fire: they will Abide therein (for ever).

    Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:275
  8. Each word opens its meaning.

    When she was delivered, She said: "O my Lord! Behold! I am delivered Of a female child!"— And God knew best What she brought forth— "And nowise is the male Like the female. I have named her Mary, And I commend her And her offspring To Thy protection From the Evil One, The Rejected."

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:36
  9. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those of you Who turned back On the day the two hosts Met,—it was Satan Who caused them to fail, Because of some (evil) They had done. But God Has blotted out (their fault): For God is Oft-forgiving, Most Forbearing.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:155
  10. Each word opens its meaning.

    It is only the Evil One That suggests to you The fear of his votaries: Be ye not afraid Of them, but fear Me, If ye have Faith.

    Surah Ali 'Imran, verse 3:175
  11. Each word opens its meaning.

    Not those who spend Of their substance, to be seen Of men, but have no faith In God and the Last Day: If any take the Evil One For their intimate, What a dreadful intimate he is!

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:38
  12. Each word opens its meaning.

    Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those Who declare that they believe In the revelations That have come to thee And to those before thee? Their (real) wish is To resort together for judgment (In their disputes) To the Evil One, Though they were ordered To reject him. But Satan's wish Is to lead them astray Far away (from the Right).

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:60
  13. Each word opens its meaning.

    Those who believe Fight in the cause of God, And those who reject Faith Fight in the cause of Evil: So fight ye against the Friends of Satan: feeble indeed Is the cunning of Satan.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:76
  14. Each word opens its meaning.

    When there comes to them Some matter touching (Public) safety or fear, They divulge it. If they had only referred it To the Apostle, or to those Charged with authority Among them, the proper Investigators would have Tested it from them (direct). Were it not for the Grace And Mercy of God unto you, All but a few of you Would have fallen Into the clutches of Satan.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:83
  15. Each word opens its meaning.

    (The Pagans), leaving Him, Call but upon female deities: They call but upon Satan The persistent rebel!

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:117
  16. Each word opens its meaning.

    "I will mislead them, And I will create In them false desires; I will Order them to slit the ears Of cattle, and to deface The (fair) nature created By God." Whoever, Forsaking God, takes Satan For a friend, hath Of a surety suffered A loss that is manifest.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:119
  17. Each word opens its meaning.

    Satan makes them promises, And creates in them false desires; But Satan's promises Are nothing but deception.

    Surah An-Nisa, verse 4:120
  18. Each word opens its meaning.

    O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (Dedication of) stones, And (divination by) arrows, Are an abomination,— Of Satan's handiwork: Eschew such (abomination), That ye may prosper.

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:90
  19. Each word opens its meaning.

    Satan's plan is (but) To excite enmity and hatred Between you, with intoxicants And gambling, and hinder you From the remembrance Of God, and from prayer: Will ye not then abstain?

    Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:91
  20. Each word opens its meaning.

    When the suffering reached Them from Us, why then Did they not learn humility? On the contrary their hearts Became hardened, and Satan Made their (sinful) acts Seem alluring to them.

    Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:43